Gladiator (2000 soundtrack)

Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture: Special Anniversary Edition
Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture: Special Anniversary Edition
Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Released	2005
Recorded	2000
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	1:17:00
Label	Decca Records
Producer	Alan Mayerson, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer

Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture
Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Released	February 27, 2001
Recorded	2000
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	57:58
Label	Decca Records
Producer	Alan Mayerson, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer

Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture
Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Released	April 25, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	61:31
Label	Decca
Producer	Klaus Badelt, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	^[1]
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Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack of the 2000 film of the same name. The original score and songs were composed by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard and were released in 2000, titled Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture. The Lyndhurst Orchestra performing the score was conducted by Gavin Greenaway.

The album won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and was also nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Score ("Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music").

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Progeny"	2:13
2.	"The Wheat"	1:03
3.	"The Battle"	10:02
4.	"Earth"	3:01
5.	"Sorrow"	1:26
6.	"To Zucchabar"	3:16
7.	"Patricide"	4:08
8.	"The Emperor Is Dead"	1:21
9.	"The Might of Rome"	5:18
10.	"Strength and Honor"	2:09
11.	"Reunion"	1:14
12.	"Slaves to Rome"	1:00
13.	"Barbarian Horde"	10:33
14.	"Am I Not Merciful?"	6:33
15.	"Elysium"	2:41
16.	"Honor Him"	1:19
17.	"Now We Are Free"	4:14

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[2]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)^[3]	Gold	50,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)^[4]	Platinum	100,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[5]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[6]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[8] Standard O.S.T. Release	Platinum	351,000^[7]
United Kingdom (BPI)^[9] Special Anniversary Edition	Silver	60,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[11]	Platinum	540,000^[10]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

More Music From the Motion Picture[]

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AllMusic	^[12]
SoundtrackNet
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On February 27, 2001, nearly a year after the first soundtrack's release, Decca released Gladiator: More Music From the Motion Picture. This CD contained an additional 18 cuts from the film (including remixes of earlier scores, such as "Now We Are Free"). Many tracks also use dialogue from the movie, such as Maximus Decimus Meridius' quote "Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife... and I will have my vengeance."

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Duduk of the North" (duduk by Djivan Gasparyan and Sevak Sahakyan)	5:33
2.	"Now We Are Free" (Juba's mix)	4:47
3.	"The Protector of Rome" (featuring Russell Crowe as Maximus and Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius)	1:25
4.	"Homecoming" (featuring Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus and Russell Crowe)	3:35
5.	"The General Who Became a Slave"	3:03
6.	"The Slave Who Became a Gladiator" (featuring Oliver Reed as Proximo and Russell Crowe as Maximus)	6:11
7.	"Secrets"	1:59
8.	"Rome is the Light"	2:43
9.	"All That Remains"	0:54
10.	"Maximus" (guitar by Heitor Pereira)	1:09
11.	"Marrakesh Marketplace"	0:42
12.	"The Gladiator Waltz" (featuring Russell Crowe, original synth demo version by Hans Zimmer)	8:25
13.	"Figurines" (yangqin by Lisa Gerrard)	1:01
14.	"The Mob"	2:22
15.	"Busy Little Bee" (featuring Connie Nielsen as Lucilla and Russell Crowe as Maximus)	3:47
16.	"Death Smiles at Us All" (featuring Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus and Russell Crowe as Maximus)	2:29
17.	"Not Yet" (featuring Djimon Hounsou as Juba)	1:32
18.	"Now We Are Free (Maximus Mix)"	6:21

Special Anniversary Edition[]

For the film's 5-year anniversary, a double CD edition was released combining the two previous editions.

Musical impact[]

Hans Zimmer's style influenced many composers, who used elements like female wailing vocals and the "battle waltz" for ancient war movies that followed.

Harry Gregson-Williams, a member of Zimmer's own Media Ventures Productions, relayed scoring duties for Ridley Scott's later film, Kingdom of Heaven.

In April 2006, a law firm representing the Holst Foundation filed a lawsuit claiming that Zimmer had infringed the copyright of Gustav Holst's The Planets. "The Battle" from the score was claimed to infringe the copyright on "Mars, the bringer of war".^[13]^[14] The Track "Barbarian Horde" reprises most of these themes.

Film music critics noted that the score also borrows from works by Richard Wagner, particularly themes from Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, included in the latter half of "The Might of Rome" and "Am I Not Merciful?"^[15]

In 2003 Luciano Pavarotti released the song "Il gladiatore" from his album Ti Adoro. The song was based on a theme from the score, featured on the soundtrack as track 4, "Earth". Pavarotti told Billboard magazine that he was meant to sing this song in the film, "But I said no then. Too bad. It's a magnificent song and a tough movie. Still, there is so much drama in just the song."^[16]

The "Il gladiatore" version of this song, was performed by Andrea Bocelli during the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final in Rome, where FC Barcelona defeated Manchester United F.C. and also during the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final in Milan, where Real Madrid C.F. was proclaimed Champion of Europe when defeating the Club Atlético de Madrid.

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ "Canadian album certifications – Hans Zimmer – Gladiator". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "Italian album certifications – Artisti Vari – Il Gladiatore" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 April 2017. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Il Gladiatore" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
^ "Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2000 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "TOP 100 ALBUMES 07 39" (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (OST; 'The Gladiator')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^ "Official Charts on Twitter". twitter.com. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017. Hello! According to our data, it's the Gladiator OST, which reached No.17 in 2000 – 351,000 sales.
^ "British album certifications – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator - OST". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Gladiator - OST in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "British album certifications – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator - OST - Special Anniversary". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Gladiator - OST - Special Anniversary in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ Basham, David (7 February 2002). "Got Charts?". Mtv. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Various Artists – Gladiator". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ Allmusic review
^ Schweitzer, Vivien (June 15, 2006). "Holst Foundation Sues Film Composer for Copyright Infringement". Playbill. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
^ Beek, Michael (June 2006). "Gladiator Vs Mars-Zimmer is sued". Music from the Movies. Archived from the original on 2007-12-30.
^ Filmtracks.com
^ "For Pavarotti, Time To Go 'Pop'". Billboard magazine. November 1, 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

External links[]

Last.FM Gladiator Soundtrack page (all tracks with previews)
About the Lyrics of: Now we are free
Zimmer, Hans; Gerrard, Lisa; Fowler, Bruce; Fowler, Walt (2001), Gladiator : more music from the motion picture, Decca, p, OCLC 464674768

[1] Allmusic review

[CanadaHans_ZimmerGladiatoralbumCertRef-2] "Canadian album certifications – Hans Zimmer – Gladiator". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[ItalyArtisti_VariIl_GladiatorealbumCertRef-3] "Italian album certifications – Artisti Vari – Il Gladiatore" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 April 2017. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Il Gladiatore" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".

[PolandSoundtrackGladiatoralbumCertRef-4] "Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2000 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[5] "TOP 100 ALBUMES 07 39" (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[SwitzerlandOSTThe_GladiatoralbumCertRef-6] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (OST; 'The Gladiator')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2017.

[7] "Official Charts on Twitter". twitter.com. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017. Hello! According to our data, it's the Gladiator OST, which reached No.17 in 2000 – 351,000 sales.

[United_KingdomHans_Zimmer_&_Lisa_GerrardGladiator_-_OSTalbumCertRef-8] "British album certifications – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator - OST". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Gladiator - OST in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[United_KingdomHans_Zimmer_&_Lisa_GerrardGladiator_-_OST_-_Special_AnniversaryalbumCertRef-9] "British album certifications – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard – Gladiator - OST - Special Anniversary". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2017.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Gladiator - OST - Special Anniversary in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[10] Basham, David (7 February 2002). "Got Charts?". Mtv. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[United_StatesVarious_ArtistsGladiatoralbumCertRef-11] "American album certifications – Various Artists – Gladiator". Recording Industry Association of America.

[12] Allmusic review

[13] Schweitzer, Vivien (June 15, 2006). "Holst Foundation Sues Film Composer for Copyright Infringement". Playbill. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

[14] Beek, Michael (June 2006). "Gladiator Vs Mars-Zimmer is sued". Music from the Movies. Archived from the original on 2007-12-30.

[15] Filmtracks.com

[16] "For Pavarotti, Time To Go 'Pop'". Billboard magazine. November 1, 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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1990s	The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1991) Aladdin – Alan Menken (1992) Heaven & Earth – Kitarō (1993) The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (1994) A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre (1995) The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1996) Titanic – James Horner (1997) The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998) The Legend of 1900 – Ennio Morricone (1999)
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Gladiator: Music From the Motion Picture

Soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
Released	April 25, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	61:31
Label	Decca
Producer	Klaus Badelt, Ridley Scott, Hans Zimmer